Home / Music / Otis Redding was the 'King of Soul.'Music linernotes album music otis-reddingOtis Redding was the 'King of Soul.'The American soul singer and songwriter from Georgia died at just 26 in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHow Otis Redding’s ‘King & Queen’ Pushed the Rolling Stones Toward Choirs and French HornsHow Otis Redding Turned Stones' 'Satisfaction' Into a Soul Anthem in 1965Otis Blue is one of the definitive soul albums of the 1960sOtis Redding recorded Otis Blue in under 24 hoursThree of the eleven songs on Otis Blue are Sam Cooke covers — a tribute to a friend killed months earlier.ExploreBeethoven's Ninth was the first major symphony to use voicesBeethoven specified 'Hammerklavier' to demand a German pianoBeethoven's Eroica was originally dedicated to NapoleonBlonde on Blonde was rock's first great double albumBrahms's Third Symphony ends quietly — the only one that doesPrevious Otis Redding's Greatest Hits was released after his death in 1967Next Otis Redding produced Arthur Conley's Sweet Soul Music